Story Archive
2020-05-19
A minister touts the benefits of power, but a Shan state MP says it isn’t worth the cost to health and environment.
2020-05-18
Despite huge seizures by UWSA and Tatmadaw, drugs continue to ravage Shan state.
2020-05-18
Rohingyas welcome the move, but the squatters say they won’t move unless they are given new land.
2020-05-15
Data show the variety and volume of synthetic drugs have increased in the region’s thriving illegal drugs business.
2020-05-15
The infected person is a resident of the world largest refugee camp, officials said.
2020-05-14
A government spokesman has already pinned the killing on the Arakan Army.
2020-05-14
A melon exporters group puts seasonal losses at U.S. $63.2 million.
2020-05-13
The UN refugee and development agencies renew MoU on effort to convince Rohingya to return to Myanmar.
2020-05-12
But the military maintains the five abused men had links to the banned Arakan Army.
2020-05-12
Small parties say the ruling NLD has disappointed voters and won’t fare well in year-end vote.
2020-05-11
Bangladeshis, Indonesians, Myanmar nationals among 1,000 foreign workers detained in immigration raid.
2020-05-11
The five men, whose hands are tied behind their backs, are forced to confess to being Arakan Army fighters.
2020-05-07
After insisting for weeks it would take no more refugees, Bangladesh relents and rescues hundreds.
2020-05-07
‘They threaten villagers, loot, and create problems, so that we Rakhine people are more afraid of army columns than of battles,’ says activist Arn Tha Gyi.
2020-05-06
U.N. agencies, rights groups urge government to allow stranded refugees stranded at sea to land.
2020-05-06
Health Ministry data indicate that more than half of those confirmed to have the virus showed no symptoms of the disease.
2020-05-06
Countries on the list pose threats to Europe's financial sector because of ties to European banks, EU documents say ahead of the list's anticipated release.
2020-05-06
Unidentified men wearing police uniforms try to arrest them at their homes.
2020-05-05
The plan to hold the vote in November, as in 2010 and 2015, is questioned by those who fear that the COVID-19 pandemic will persist.
2020-05-05
Offenses include speaking ill of the government in public talk, writings, images, and posters.
2020-05-04
Laos backs away from a promise to allow workers to return, fearing coronavirus infections from Thailand and China.
2020-05-04
Critics say the initiative is only to present the country in a good light ahead of ICJ hearings.
2020-05-01
‘We are now doing our best to get the construction work done to provide shelter for the IDPs before the monsoon hits,” says lawmaker Khin Saw Wai.
2020-05-01
Tens of thousands of workers return to economies that couldn’t support them even before the coronavirus outbreak.
2020-04-30
Repressive, vague laws wielded by an aggressive army belie lofty promises in the democratizing former military dictatorship.
2020-04-30
Soldiers stopped Zaw Gyi at a security checkpoint while he was on his way to get his motorbike repaired.
2020-04-29
Government panel to investigate attack on WHO vehicle feared to be a rubber stamp for the army.
2020-04-28
“I feel sad as our work is not appreciated. We risked our lives to protect the town from infection,” said a volunteer driver.
2020-04-28
But refugee commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder says aid distribution “has been going on as usual.”
2020-04-27
Members of the Rohingya community have been targeted via social media in recent days.
